Consultant

Job Title
Consultant

Business/Department
Dalberg Media

Job Category
Media

Location
Copenhagen, DK (multi-location)

Closing Date
1/11/2024

Job Description
Maximize your potential. Tackle the world’s toughest problems. Build expertise in areas that matter to you. Become a global development leader.
We are looking for a top-performing and highly driven Danish speaking Consultant with a passion politics, advocacy, and the international development space (ODA). You will contribute to our work on piloting new ways of doing development advocacy in Denmark, with an ambition to scale to other countries and regions.

About Dalberg Media
Dalberg Media is a mission-driven communications and experience consultancy, which seeks to empower and mobilize people to solve global development challenges by collective, sustained action. We design and deliver communication products to build awareness and push agendas. We invent and execute action-oriented experiences, such as global convenings, innovation labs and campaigns to equip people with the skills needed for developing impactful solutions. Through content creation, publications, and social media, we disseminate compelling stories to fuel positive change.

We are doers and creators working in close cooperation with a global network of partners and organizations, including United Nation agencies, international foundations, large corporations, governments, NGOs and financial institutions. We are a culturally attuned organization with a passion for diversity, changing narratives, and overcoming stereotypes.

Dalberg Media is part of Dalberg Group – we are a global group working to build a more inclusive and sustainable world where all people, everywhere, can reach their fullest potential. Comprised of Dalberg Advisors, Dalberg Data Insights, Dalberg Design, Dalberg Implement, Dalberg Media and Dalberg Research; our businesses approach problems differently and work together to create impact at scale.

Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants, Dalberg operates from 29 worldwide locations. For more information, please visit Dalberg.

ABOUT THE ALLIANCE for Global SUNDHED
You will be working full-time as part of the Secretariat for the new Alliance for Global Health (Alliancen for Global Sundhed), established in 2024 as a new independent initiative bringing stakeholders together with a common mission: bolstering Danish support for global health.

Why a Danish Alliance for Global Health?
Health and well-being for everyone is the key to a sustainable future. Investments in global health support the most vulnerable and at-risk populations, reduce inequality and support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Collaboration is essential, especially in low-income countries, where overlapping and protracted crises have deepened existing health inequalities. Robust health systems require significant investment and rely on international support and innovative financing strategies. Denmark's leading position in global health is threatened by recent years' changes in official development assistance (ODA), which endanger our traditional positions of strength in global health, multilateralism and support for the least developed countries.

We are a politically independent alliance with a vision to enable long and healthy lives for everyone, everywhere.

We are dedicated to increasing and improving development support for the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations.

We bring together civil society, the private sector, foundations and research institutions with a common mission: bolstering support for global health and maintaining Denmark’s frontrunner position.

Our goal is to create a movement that informs development priorities in Denmark and beyond. We need a strong voice in the fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights, universal health coverage, vaccines, joint efforts against major epidemics such as tuberculosis, HIV and malaria and other major challenges of our time.

Our approach – we influence through direct advocacy; public debate and awareness; capacity building; and data and analyses.

For more information, please visit our website.

DO YOU BREAK THE MOULD?
We are looking for top-performing, innovative and highly motivated individuals with genuine interest in advocacy, strategic communication and a passion to influence the global development agenda. We expect you to have strong written and analytical skills, as well as solid knowledge in Danish and international political systems, and development space. You should be able to independently contribute to supporting and scaling new concepts and strategies and thereby assist our team with piloting new ways of development advocacy in Denmark, and beyond.

Our ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

• Someone in their early career – ideally, with a few years of work experience - with a master's degree in political science, international relations, development studies or a related field with excellent academic record
• You write/speak fluent Danish and have:
  • Interest in Danish politics and international development
  • Strong strategic skills
  • Solid writing abilities and a flair for communication
• It would be an advantage if you also:
  • Have knowledge of and interest in global health
  • Have worked with PowerPoint or similar programs
  • Have experience with strategic communication and social media

*This is a permanent position.
We encourage individuals to apply even if they do not meet every single listed criteria. We believe in considering candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we value the unique perspectives and skills they can bring to our team.

Qualified and interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion, background, or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for the vacancy.

Practicalities
Our current opportunity is in Copenhagen.

Start date: as soon as possible, during autumn 2024.

Please submit your application at our Career Centre by 11:59 PM EST on 1 November 2024.

We will review and shortlist applications and invite candidates for interviews on a rolling basis, and strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Candidates selected for interviews will be invited for a number of interviews to test their consulting skills through case questions, and to discuss their interests and experience.

Please, note, applications not containing all the required documents will be considered incomplete, and thus will not be reviewed.
To be considered for the position, your application must include:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• University transcripts

Owing to the large number of applications we receive, unfortunately, only successful candidates will be contacted.
Dalberg Media values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We offer flexibility for work-life harmonization, incl. parental leave and flexible working options.

Dalberg has pledged to three commitments for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) across the firm:

COMMITMENT 1: We commit to publishing internal Dalberg DEI reports annually, to hold ourselves accountable, report on progress and share lessons from our regional DEI plans.

COMMITMENT 2: We commit to delivering regular training for all staff (including leadership) on how to engender inclusive workplaces and mitigate unconscious bias.

COMMITMENT 3: We commit to addressing imbalances in how power and privilege are formally distributed and informally exercised across the firm.

If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] .